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Examples of real life people who may identify as altersex include:
* People who were born dyadic but have medically changed their sex characteristics (through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|HRT]] or surgery). Making it so their combination of chromosomes, primary, and secondary sex characteristics no longer strictly fits the definition of dyadic. However, they
* People who were born dyadic and desire to change their sex characteristics through HRT or surgery.
* People who were born dyadic and have changed or desire to change
* People who desire or imagine their body as having sex characteristics that are not naturally possible in humans. ([[Xenogenital]])
Altersex can also be used to describe fictional characters.
* Characters who fit
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* Character who have sex characteristics or a combination of sex characteristics that are not naturally possible in (real life) humans. (That is not considered a condition of intersex in the fiction.)
*Character
* Characters of a fictional/impossible/alien sex that does not fit the male/female sex binary (that is considered normal for their species within the fiction).
* Characters who can change their sex through shape-shifting or other fictional means.
The term was coined to address the usage of
Altersex does not imply any specific sex characteristics, just as intersex does not. This allows for privacy of the altersex person and avoids reducing individuals to their genitalia. It is neutral descriptor for any characters and individuals who are not perisex or any variation of intersex. Some altersex individuals/characters may resemble the binary sexes to some degree, but are different. Altersex can describe both a physical body, an internal sex identity, or both.
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